MLB: 2016 First Round Picks Finish Up Their First Regular Seasons

Second Through Tenth Rounders

Peter Alonso, 1B, 2nd Round, New York Mets – University of Florida big bat didn’t show the same power in the NYPL but had good contact skills. Stat Line: .321/.382/.587, 12 doubles, 5 HR, 11/22 BB/K

Lake Bachar, RHP, 5th Round, San Diego Padres – Lake was selected out of perennial D-III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater, and he spent a lot of his time in the bullpen, but also made 5 starts across 3 levels, reaching high-A. Stat Line: 15 G, 36 2/3 IP, 3.19 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 7/41 BB/K

Caleb Baragar, LHP, 9th Round, San Francisco Giants – Baragar was a highly-rated college performer that didn’t have great pitch grades, leaving him to the 9th round. He showed well in the AZL, though. Stat Line: 15 G, 61 IP, 2.51 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 21/53 BB/K

Peter Bayer, RHP, 9th Round, Tampa Bay Rays – Coming out of Cal Poly Pomona, Bayer put up eye-popping numbers in the Appy League. Stat Line: 10 G, 32 2/3 IP, 0.83 ERA, 0.64 WHIP, 3/45 BB/K

Bo Bichette, IF, 2nd Round, Toronto Blue Jays – Bichette has good bloodlines, and he destroyed the GCL. Questions remain about his eventual defensive position. Stat Line: .427/.451/.732, 4 HR, 3 SB, 6/17 BB/K

Cavan Biggio, 2B, 5th Round, Toronto Blue Jays – Son of Craig, the Notre Dame product worked his way to full-season ball with his performance. Stat Line: .273/.371/.349, 12 doubles, 11 SB, 33/35 BB/K

Gio Brusa, OF, 6th Round, San Francisco Giants – Big time power hitter in college slugged in pro ball, but struggled with pitch recognition. Stat Line: .264/.298/.495, 15 doubles, 10 HR, 11/69 BB/K

Corbin Burnes, RHP, 4th Round, Milwaukee Brewers – Excellent college starter rumored as high as the 1st round was a steal in the 4th, pitching his way to the Midwest League. Stat Line: 12 G, 35 2/3 IP, 2.02 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 18/41 BB/K

Bobby Dalbec, 3B, 4th Round, Boston Red Sox – Many teams passed on Dalbec as he wanted to hit and they viewed him as a pitcher. Turns out he may have known what he was talking about. Stat Line: .386/.427/.674, 13 doubles, 7 HR, 9/33 BB/K

Tommy Edman, SS, 6th Round, St. Louis Cardinals – Stanford product showed excellent eye at the plate, great speed, and solid defense at both middle infield spots. Stat Line: .286/.400/.427, 14 doubles, 5 triples, 4 HR, 19 SB, 48/29 BB/K

Kole Enright, 3B, 3rd Round, Texas Rangers – Enright was considered a project out of Florida high school, but the switch-hitter came out swinging the bat well in the AZL. Stat Line: .313/.378/.420, 13 doubles, 14/33 BB/K

Lucas Erceg, 3B, 2nd Round, Milwaukee Brewers – Based on pure talent, Erceg was a top-10 talent, but he had some personality issues that caused college transfers and a number of teams to pass on him in the draft. He worked his way up to the Midwest League with his play. Stat Line: .327/.376/.518, 17 doubles, 9 HR, 9 SB, 20/54 BB/K

Matt Fiedler, OF, 9th Round, St. Louis Cardinals – A college product from Minnesota, Fiedler hit very well in the Appy League in his first year. Stat Line: .325/.386/.487, 20 doubles, 4 HR, 8 SB, 19/32 BB/K

Jameson Fisher, OF, 4th Round, Chicago White Sox – Fisher was a big time hitter with Southeastern Louisiana, and he continued that in the Pioneer League. Stat Line: .342/.436/.487, 4 HR, 13 SB, 27/43 BB/K

Austin Franklin, RHP, 3rd Round, Tampa Bay Rays – Franklin was selected out of high school and showed excellent stuff in the GCL. Stat Line: 11 G, 43 1/3 IP, 2.70 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 16/40 BB/K

Zac Gallen, RHP, 3rd Round, St. Louis Cardinals – After a long season with UNC, Gallen was limited in his pro innings, but he impressed all the same in the GCL. Stat Line: 6 G, 9 2/3 IP, 1.86 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 0/15 BB/K

Garrett Hampson, SS, 3rd Round, Colorado Rockies – College shortstop out of Long Beach State hit for a tremendous line in the Northwest League. Stat Line: .301/.404/.441, 14 doubles, 8 triples, 36 SB, 48/56 BB/K

Alec Hansen, RHP, 2nd Round, Chicago White Sox – Considered a possible top pick candidate going into the spring, Hansen’s control issues knocked him all the way to the 2nd round, but he’s shown tremendously in pro ball. Stat Line: 12 G, 54 2/3 IP, 1.32 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 20/81 BB/K

Ryan Hartman, LHP, 9th Round, Houston Astros – Lefty from Tennessee Wesleyan threw very well in the NYPL, getting a ton of grounders. Stat Line: 14 G, 45 2/3 IP, 2.36 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 7/48 BB/K

Austin Hays, OF, 3rd Round, Baltimore Orioles – One of the best power hitters in college in 2016 out of Jacksonville hit very well in NYPL. Stat Line: .336/.386/.514, 4 HR, 4 SB, 11/32 BB/K

Ryan January, C, 8th Round, Arizona Diamondbacks – It’s rare for a catcher to play well in his first pro season, but January hit well out of community college. Stat Line: .273/.376/.470, 10 HR, 26/63 BB/K

Mitchell Jordan, RHP, 10th Round, Oakland Athletics – Drafted from small school Stetson, Jordan has pitched his way all the way up to high-A for the A’s. Stat Line: 14 G, 45 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 12/38 BB/K

Andrew Knizner, C, 7th Round, St. Louis Cardinals – North Carolina State catcher split time nearly even between catcher and 1B to get his bat in the Appy League lineup. Stat Line: .319/.423/.492, 12 doubles, 6 HR, 21/21 BB/K

Khalil Lee, OF, 3rd Round, Kansas City Royals – Big-tooled outfielder out of Virginia HS really performed well for AZL. Stat Line: .269/.396/.484, 6 triple, 6 HR, 8 SB, 33/57 BB/K

Joey Lucchesi, LHP, 4th Round, San Diego Padres – Drafted out of Southeast Missouri State, Lucchesi showed much better than his draft position by working his way all the way to full season ball. Stat Line: 15 G, 42 IP, 1.29 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 3/56 BB/K

Jeremy Martinez, C, 4th Round, St. Louis Cardinals – Solid defensive catcher out of USC with an excellent eye, but not a lot of power potential. Stat Line: .325/.419/.433, 14 doubles, 32/16 BB/K

Dakota Mekkes, RHP, 10th Round, Chicago Cubs – Big time college pitcher that many figured would need to move to the bullpen in pro ball and did that for two levels in the Cubs system. Stat Line: 11 G, 20 IP, 1.80 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 4/27 BB/K

Brandon Miller, RHP, 6th Round, Seattle Mariners – Picked from a small school in Pennsylvania, Miller pitched tremendously well in the Northwest League. Stat Line: 14 G, 56 1/3 IP, 2.72 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 7/51 BB/K

Troy Montgomery, OF, 8th Round, Los Angeles Angels – Montgomery was overshadowed by teammate Ronnie Dawson, but he was a solid hitter in his own right, working his way up to full-season A-ball. Stat Line: .291/.384/.461, 7 HR, 13 SB, 31/50 BB/K

Scott Moss, LHP, 4th Round, Cincinnati Reds – Another University of Florida pitcher, Moss had a very good debut in the Pioneer League. Stat Line: 10 G, 38 1/3 IP, 2.35 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 14/29 BB/K

Kyle Muller, LHP, 2nd Round, Atlanta Braves – Muller stayed at the GCL all season, but he really pitched exceptionally well in his time there. Stat Line: 10 G, 27 2/3 IP, 0.65 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 12/38 BB/K

D.J. Peters, OF, 4th Round, Los Angeles Dodgers – Peters came out of community college in Nevada to hit for big power in the Pioneer League. Stat Line: .351/.437/.615, 24 doubles, 13 HR, 35/66 BB/K

Heath Quinn, OF, 3rd Round, San Francisco Giants – Quinn was a personal favorite coming out of Samford as a complete hitter with big college power but high-end defense and he worked his way all the way to high-A. Stat Line: .344/.434/.564, 21 doubles, 9 HR, 30/58 BB/K

Bryan Reynolds, OF, 2nd Round, San Francisco Giants – Vanderbilt product was mature and ready to contribute right away. A real steal in the 2nd round. Stat Line: .313/.363/.484, 17 doubles, 6 HR, 14/61 BB/K

Errol Robinson, SS, 6th Round, Los Angeles Dodgers – Speedster out of Ole Miss hit the ground running (literally!) in the Pioneer League. Stat Line: .282/.336/.395, 17 doubles, 18 SB, 17/42 BB/K

Jacob Robson, OF, 8th Round, Detroit Tigers – Robson is a speedster leadoff guy that split his time between the GCL and NYPL. Stat Line: .294/.399/.395, 15 SB, 31/42 BB/K

Logan Shore, RHP, 2nd Round, Oakland Athletics – Shore was the University of Florida ace this season and threw very well for the NYPL. Stat Line: 7 G, 21 IP, 2.57 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 7/21 BB/K

Nick Solak, 2B, 2nd Round, New York Yankees – Drafted to save some money for Blake Rutherford, Solak showed to be a nice find himself, if limited in upside. Stat Line: .321/.412/.421, 13 doubles, 8 SB, 30/39 BB/K

Mason Thompson, RHP, 3rd Round, San Diego Padres – The towering (6’7) righty was drafted out of high school by the Padres and threw very well for the AZL. Stat Line: 5 G, 12 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 5/12 BB/K

Zack Trageton, RHP, 6th Round, Tampa Bay Rays – The Rays selected Trageton out of high school in Las Vegas, and he showed exceptional control in his time in the GCL. Stat Line: 10 G, 42 IP, 2.36 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 6/29 BB/K

Colton Welker, 3B, 4th Round, Colorado Rockies – Welker hit for a lot more power than expected when the Rockies picked him out of Florida high school. Stat Line: .329/.366/.490, 15 doubles, 5 HR, 6 SB, 13/28 BB/K

Bryse Wilson, RHP, 4th Round, Atlanta Braves – Wilson’s performance in the GCL turned a lot of heads after the Braves gave him a big bonus in the 4th round. Stat Line: 9 G, 26 2/3 IP, 0.68 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 8/29 BB/K

Stephen Wrenn, OF, 6th Round, Houston Astros – University of Georgia product filled up the stat line between NYPL and Midwest League. Stat Line: .260/.324/.471, 14 doubles, 5 triples, 12 HR, 15 SB, 25/78 BB/K

Trey York, 2B, 9th Round, Milwaukee Brewers – A college pick out of East Tennessee State, York showed very well and was promoted all the way to high-A. Stat Line: .289/.393/.407, 14 doubles, 15 SB, 33/42 BB/K

Nick Zammarelli, 3B, 8th Round, Seattle Mariners – College bat with mature approach hit very well in the Northwest League. Stat Line: .329/.391/.467, 18 doubles, 5 HR, 25/67 BB/K

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